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25, May 2019
Nigeria: At least 20 people killed by bandits 0
At least 20 people have been killed by bandit gunmen in separate attacks in the restive region of Katsina in northwestern Nigeria, police say. Katsina state police spokesman Gambo Isah said gunmen on motorcycles stormed into the village of Yargamji in Batsari district, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the state capital Katsina, on Tuesday, […]
25, May 2019
France: Bomb attack injures 13 in Lyon 0
A bomb attack has wounded at least 13 people in France’s southeastern city of Lyon. The attack took place on a pedestrian street in the heart of Lyon around 5:30 pm local time on Friday, French officials said. French Interior Ministry officials initially said eight people had been wounded, but police sources later put the […]
25, May 2019
UK: Corbyn calls for ‘immediate general election’ after PM steps down 0
Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for an “immediate general election” after British Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation in the aftermath a deadlock with parliament over her negotiated Brexit deal with the European Union. Corbyn said in a tweet on Friday that May was “right to resign” as prime minister […]
24, May 2019
UK: Prime Minister Theresa May announces resignation, sparking leadership race 0
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday said she would quit, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power who is likely to push for a more decisive Brexit divorce deal. May set out a timetable for her departure: She will resign as Conservative Party leader on June 7 with a leadership contest […]
24, May 2019
US charges WikiLeaks founder Assange with espionage 0
The US Justice Department has charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with espionage by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic files about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Justice Department said Thursday that Assange had violated the US Espionage Act by conspiring with and assisting ex-Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in obtaining […]
24, May 2019
Cameroonian scientist champions African-led research 0
For Professor Torimiro, her research journey started years ago in the rainforests of Cameroon where she observed how hunter-gatherers live in close proximity to animals. At the time, she was among the first Cameroonian scientists to study zoonoses — disease or infections that are transmissible from animals to humans. After years of study and postdoctoral […]
24, May 2019
Cameroonian Envoy Says First Russia-Africa Summit May Reignite Business Interest In Continent 0
The first Russia-Africa summit this fall will hopefully increase Russian business presence on the continent, the Cameroonian ambassador to Russia, Mahamat Paba Sale, said on Thursday. “We count on this enterprise because, thanks to this event, Russian enterprises that are already present on our continent will further deepen their presence. They will be more interested in the African continent,” he said at a reception at […]
24, May 2019
Expatriates Report Horrors in Southern Cameroons 0
Beheaded corpses. Entrails spilled onto dusty roads. Photos from the civil war raging in his home country Cameroon nauseate the professor. “Sometimes I wake up and on my WhatsApp feed there’s some pictures I cannot even take, I just have to delete, they’re gruesome,” he said. It’s time for the world to wake up, he says, […]
24, May 2019
Human Rights Watch weighs in on the burning of 70 homes in Bamenda 0
Cameroonian soldiers went on a rampage in the English-speaking North-West region on May 15, 2019, burning over 70 homes in Mankon, Bamenda. Soldiers dragged one man from his house, shooting him dead in the street. In a news release issued on May 16, the defense ministry announced that it had opened an investigation into the burning […]
26, May 2019
Southern Cameroons War: French Cameroun army kills 12 in Menchum County 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
12 Southern Cameroonians were reportedly killed and several shops and business premises destroyed by troops loyal to the Biya Francophone regime in Esu-a locality in the Menchum County on Thursday May 23rd 2019. The Cameroon government army said its action targeted Ambazonian fighters operating in the area. However, a local trader who spoke to our […]